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2020: 145 crimes against persons handled by Lawrence law enforcement

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Lawrence law enforcement officers grappled with 145 crimes against persons in 2020, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

This equals 12 per month in 2020.

Crimes against persons include simple assaults, aggravated assaults, intimidations, kidnappings and abductions, fondling offences and rapes.

Of all types of crime tracked by the NIBRS, simple assault was the most popular crime handled by the Lawrence office.

Officers in Lawrence were involved in 597 incidents throughout the year.

The NIBRS was designed to provide detail and context around crime stats. Under the previous system, only the most serious crime related to an incident would be logged. If an incident involved a homicide as well as aggravated assault and theft, only a homicide would be recorded in criminal statistics.

It is used by law enforcement at all levels, from local to federal.

Crimes against persons offenses in Lawrence in 2020
Type of CrimeNUMBER OF OFFENCES
Aggravated assaults16
Simple assaults89
Intimidations10
Murders and nonnegligent manslaughters2
Kidnappings and abductions4
Rapes3
Sodomies4
Sexual assaults with an object2
Fondling offences5
Incest crimes9
Statutory rapes1

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